Can anyone remember what shop or shops occupied the building before Mothercare and later Gap were present on the corner of Lord Street and Whitechapel? I know its a long shot but does anyone have a photo? Thanks very much
Can anyone remember what shop or shops occupied the building before Mothercare and later Gap were present on the corner of Lord Street and Whitechapel? I know its a long shot but does anyone have a photo? Thanks very much
Hi Partsky,
This is probably a lot earlier than you're interested in, but Hope Bros. occupied the building in 1899, picture courtesy of LRO.
Before mothercare it was Ethel Austins womens wear.
Her indoors is arguing with me that it was Boodle&Dunthorns the jewlers?
She just lost....Boodle&Dunthorn was on the corner of North John Street and Lord Street....Yis!
BTW
I just googled "liverpool,ethil austin"
They show more than half a dozen sites, but I do not know the lay out of Merseyside. You could try it and be sure?
Anfield housewife, who would have thunk it?
Well, that's torn it!
I have a slight interest in this because she and I share the same family name so...I have found a geneology site. Lots to read.
When I was young Mum and I shopped there every day ! ( we lived just off High Park Street), as we didnt have a fridge etc we had to shop for food all the time, it was a very busy Road and full of every sort of shop that you could ever need....my Uncle ran a Butchers shop which was never empty....
The Leo's supermarket was built on the site of our old house, the best time was when the Market appeared on the car park space there
It was her biggest outlet in the town center,next came One in St Johns Precinct and anothe in Bold Street...ain't the foggiest where the fourth one was? might of been up London Rd? because summats nagging me it was there.Quote:
didnt think that Ethels was there before Mothercare though !
Was it on the left going up London Road where the arcade is now?
What you're seeing on Gooogle now is a small chain of EA's franchise as she went into difficulty and lost the buisiness,stores and branches closed until someone bailed her out...by that time half her outlets were gone and never reopened.Quote:
You could try it and be sure?
I can see why her indoors thought she had a branch on North John Street corner.... Seems Liverpools head office was there.
Thats it...yer have lit the sparkler :handclap:Quote:
Was it on the left going up London Road where the arcade is now?
yeah, although Breck still has a lot of shops it's gone scruffy. the 'shopping mall' is the pits !
I don't know.
I remember when they built the new shopping mall in the early 1980's, it was alright with brand new shops.
It stayed ok for a while, then the vandalism and graffiti crept in. It's a scruffy hole now and gangs hang around there.